Scarlett I left the office a little after six, the building gradually emptying around me as the evening shift took over the laboratory floor. By the time I reached the mansion, the sky had already begun its slow shift toward dusk, the gold of late afternoon fading into something deeper, more deliberate.I showered quickly, then dressed in something sharper than my usual office attire, a deep charcoal dress that moved easily and said exactly what it needed to say without a single word. Power, but not excess. Authority, but not arrogance. The kind of presence that made people sit up a little straighter without quite understanding why.At seven o'clock precisely, Usher's car pulled into the driveway.I stepped outside, and he opened the door for me himself, no driver between us, no unnecessary witnesses to whatever tonight would become."My men have already confirmed the locations," he said once we were moving, sliding a folded paper toward me from the passenger seat. "All five shareho
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